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duine — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • adult noun A person who has reached the age of legal maturity, typically 18 or older.
  • human adjective Relating to people, or having the qualities typical of people.
  • man noun An adult male human being.
  • one num The number 1; the first positive whole number.
  • person noun A human being, or any individual regarded as an entity with rights and identity.

Senses

duine is used for these senses in English:

  • adult An animal that is full-grown.
  • human (fantasy, scifi, mythology) A human as contrasted from superficially similar but typically more powerful humanoid creatures; a member of the human race.
  • human being A person; a large sapient, bipedal primate, with notably less hair than others of that order, of the species Homo sapiens.
  • man A male person, usually an adult; a (generally adult male) sentient being, whether human, supernatural, elf, alien, etc.
  • one (impersonal pronoun, indefinite) One thing (among a group of others); one member of a group.
  • person (in a compound noun or noun phrase) A human of unspecified gender (in terms usually constructed with man or woman).
  • person (grammar) A linguistic category used to distinguish between the speaker of an utterance and those to whom or about whom they are speaking. See grammatical person. [from 14th c.]

adult — full definition

  1. noun A person who has reached the age of legal maturity, typically 18 or older.
  2. adj Fully grown, or intended for grown-ups rather than children.

human — full definition

  1. adjective Relating to people, or having the qualities typical of people.
  2. noun A member of the species Homo sapiens; a person.

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